Door-hanger.



0'. J. CLIFFORD.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1912.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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G. J. CLIFFORD.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1912.

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CHRISTOPHER T. CLIFFORD, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER J. CLIF- rono, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Island City, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful In provements in DoorHangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to door hangers and has for an object to provide a device of this character which will include companion race-ways of a door structure and similar race-ways of a barn structure; arranging the race-ways of the door with such relation to those of the barn that anti-friction bodies may be disposed therebetween, sustaining the weight of the door in such manner that it may be opened or closed with the minimum power, and then further, the provision of means for spacing the anti-friction bodies relatively and for clearing the raceway of the anti-friction bodies at different positions of adjustment of the door.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the hanger showing the application of the same to a sliding door. Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof detached from the door. Fig. 3 is an end view thereof. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 1% of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the supporting member.

The hanger is shown to include a sub stantially L supporting bar 1 which may be secured to one wall of the building or structure A. Said bar is provided with a horizontally disposed flange 2 having a fixed upper rail 3 and a similar fixed lower rail 4, each having a continuous race-way 5 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. A rail 6 secured to the flange 7 of an L bar 8, is disposed above the rail 3 and provided with a raceway 9 which is associated with the raceway 5 of the rail 3 so that the latter and the former operatively accommodate the spherical anti-friction bodies 10. A spacing plate 11 is interposed between the rails 3 and 6, and as shown, it has vertical passages 12 through which the bodies 10 are projected. Said plate serves to hold the bodies against crowding against each other, while it also acts as a cleaner to remove foreign Specification of Letters Fatent.

Application filed September 25, 1912.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

Serial No. 722,274.

particles from the path of the bodies as the door is moved in one direction, one end of said plate being extended in a downward direction as at 13, whereby to lie in effective scraping contact with the walls of the raceway 5 in the rail 3.

Straps lei are secured in any suitable manner to the rail 6, and as illustrated said hanger extends downward in front of the flange 2 of the support 1, and they are provided with horizontal attaching portions 15, carrying bolts 16 to be secured to the door B. Said attaching portions 15 carry bosses 17 which are located beneath the raceway 5 of the rail 4:, accommodating therewith the spherical anti-friction bodies 18. A guard 19 is secured to the front edge of the flange 2 and projected into the relatively long recess 20 and adapted to contact with the walls 21 and 22 thereof so as to prevent the plate '11 from accidentally escaping from the bodies 10 and to prevent the latter from becoming misplaced from the raceways.

hat is claimed as new is:

1. In a door hanger of the character described, the combination of a supporting bar substantially L-shaped and disposed against a wall of a building, so as to provide a horizontally projecting flange, a channeled rail secured to the upper side of the flange adapted to serve as a raceway for anti-friction balls, a similar rail provided upon the lower side of said flange, an apertured plate adapted to rest upon the upper channeled rail, a plurality of anti-friction balls disposed through said apertures and resting in the channel of said rail, a channeled bar disposed in an inverted position above said plate and resting upon said balls, a flanged bar secured to said bar, supporting straps for the door suitably secured to the flanged bar, said straps having a horizontally disposed connecting bar and bosses adapted to support anti-friction balls adapted to move in the inverted rail upon the lower side of the flange of the supporting rail, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a door hanger of the character described, the combination with a supporting rail, a channeled rail provided upon the upper side of said rail, said channel serving as a raceway for anti-friction bodies, a second channeled rail shorter than the first said rail disposed in an inverted position above the first rail and engaging the antifriction bodies and resting thereon, a supporting bar having a depending flange secured upon said second rail, and hanger straps adapted for supporting a door secured to the said bar; of a perforated plate of suitable length disposed between the said' channeled rails said plate having apertures suitable for admitting said anti-friction bodies whereby they may be retained in proper relative position in said channeled rails means for securing said plate between CHRISTOPHER J. CLIFFORD.

lVitnesses JOHN A. DONEGAN, C. JAMES CRoNIN.

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